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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said publicly for the first time yesterday that Israel could look at relinquishing its “deterrent capability” if its neighbors gave up their weapons of mass destruction amid a comprehensive Middle East peace, the Lebanon Daily Star reported (see GSN, July 9).

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WASHINGTON -- Israeli and Arab envoys met for the second time at a Swiss resort late last month to confer on the agenda for regional talks about a possible ban on weapons of mass destruction, but some key differences remain, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

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WASHINGTON -- British parliamentarians last week challenged Scotland’s nationalist leaders to say how they would offset an estimated 8,200 nuclear- and defense-related job losses by 2022, following a U.K. government statement on this and other anticipated ramifications of Scottish independence.

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The U.N. First Committee on Monday began its latest session of consideration of disarmament and international security matters. The United Nations panel handles issues related to "disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace that affect the international community and seeks out solutions to the challenges in the international security regime," according to the U.N. website.

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A successful Scottish secession bid could leave the United Kingdom with no choice but to accept "unilateral nuclear disarmament" for an uncertain length of time, British legislators warned in an assessment issued on Wednesday.

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British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Monday said the defense secretary is "jumping the gun" by pouring more money into development of a next-generation ballistic missile submarine before a final decision is made on how to modernize the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent, the Press Association reported.

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WASHINGTON -- The chairman of a key U.K. parliamentary committee is pressing Scottish leaders to clarify how quickly they would expel British nuclear weapons if a 2014 referendum results in Scotland becoming an independent nation.

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A Filipino lawmaker is calling for a congressional investigation regarding whether the docking of atomic-powered U.S. submarines and other naval vessels in Subic Bay represents a breach of the prohibition against nuclear weapons anywhere in the Philippines, the local Business World newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON -- A new report issued by a British parliamentary panel suggests that the United Kingdom might consider temporarily basing its nuclear-armed submarines at a U.S. military seaport if Scotland achieves independence and refuses to continue hosting the nation’s nuclear arsenal.

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Israel should accede to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "without further delay" and permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to audit its atomic activities, according to a measure endorsed on Monday by a vast majority of the U.N. General Assembly.